Susie Essman performed at Laugh It Up Milwaukee Saturday, an annual benefit held at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center in Whitefish Bay.

In the eyes of any talent booker, Richard Lewis and Susie Essman would seem like a totally compatible pairing for a comedy bill. Both standups regularly appear on Larry David's HBO hit comedy "Curb Your Enthusiasm." They're the same generation (Lewis is 65, Essman 57), and their takes on their Jewish backgrounds, aging and sexuality aren't too dissimilar.

And so Lewis and Essman were brought in as co-headliners for the second annual Laugh It Up Milwaukee benefit Saturday, presented by the Bayshore Community Foundation and hosted at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center in Whitefish Bay. | Jan. 20, 2013»Read Full Article(6)

Moving performance

Explore Native American culture through dance Wednesday at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Bayside. Rob Preston, a member of the San Carlos Apache tribe, will take people into his culture with music, artwork and by performing three dance styles. | Jan. 19, 2013»Read Full Article

You can take as gospel truth that when a high school biology teacher in rural Kansas tells a classroom of students that creationism is "gobbledygook," there's going to be an uproar.

That's not exactly what Susan Pierce said to her students, but it's close enough to offend 16-year-old Micah Staab, for whom every word in the Book of Genesis is true. The ensuing conflict propels Catherine Trieschmann's "How the World Began," the intermission-free play now being staged by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater under Brent Hazelton's direction. | Jan. 19, 2013»Read Full Article